/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009 M. Hautle.
 * 
 * This file is part of TrackedBean.
 * 
 * TrackedBean is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
 * Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
 * later version.
 * 
 * TrackedBean is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
 * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
 * details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with TrackedBean. If not, see
 * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package ch.trackedbean.binding.mapping;

import ch.trackedbean.binding.beanSpec.*;

/**
 * Classes implementing this interface can be used as validator for {@link MappingGroup}s.
 * 
 * @param <T> The bean type
 * @author M. Hautle
 */
public interface IGroupValidator<T> {
	/**
	 * This method is called after a property of the bean has changed.<br>
	 * In this method you can validate the content of the bean and set the status of the properties according to the
	 * validation.
	 * 
	 * @param bean The bean of the {@link MappingGroup}
	 * @param status The status of the given bean (used to set a field on error)
	 * @param dst The destination property (copy to)
	 */
	public void validate(T bean, IBeanStatus status, String dst);
}
